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JERUSALEM， Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were injured when Israeli forces raided Palestinian cities in the West Bank before dawn on Thursday， Israeli and Palestinian sources said.


A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Palestinian youths in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank hurled explosive devices at Israeli soldiers who came to arrest a suspect.


A soldier with medium-to-light injuries was evacuated to a hospital in Haifa， a spokesman for the hospital said.


In the city of Nablus， south of Jenin， clashes broke out between Israeli forces and local youths， after Israeli troops raided the city after midnight， according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.


Soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets into the crowd， injuring two and arresting three others， Wafa reported.


In Hebron， a flashpoint city in the southern West Bank， Israeli soldiers broke into a warehouse and seized eight weapons manufacturing machines， according to the IDF spokesman.


The overnight raid was carried out "as part of the ongoing efforts against illegal weapons manufacturing and trafficking (in the West Bank)，" said the spokesman.


Military forces also raided a village in Ramallah， breaking into the family home of a Palestinian responsible for a shooting attack on Wednesday night， according to the military.


A military statement said the man opened fired at Israeli soldiers from a passing car. The soldiers fired back and injured him.


On Wednesday evening， soldiers shot dead a Palestinian outside a Jewish settlement southeast of Ramallah， after the man allegedly carried out a car-ramming attack， the military said.


The violence followed a large overnight raid between Tuesday and Wednesday， during which 34 Palestinians were arrested， including two boys， aged 12 and 17， Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.


The incidents were part of more than a year of violence in the West Bank and Israel， which have claimed the lives of at least 248 Palestinians， 40 Israelis， two U.S. nationals， a Jordanian tourist， an Eritrean and a Sudanese refugee.


Israeli leaders accuse the Palestinian National Authority of "inciting" the unrest， while the Palestinians say it is the result of nearly 50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip， home to more than 5 million Palestinians， where they wish to establish their independent state.




CAPE TOWN Air Jordan 13 Love Respect For Sale , Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Western Cape High Court ruled on Wednesday that political parties must disclose their sources of private funding so as to ensure transparency and accountability.


Judge Yasmin Shenaz Meer ordered Parliament to amend the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), which he said is inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid insofar as it does not allow for disclosure of private funding information.


Meer gave Parliament 18 months to rectify the "inconsistencies" in the act.


Information about private funding is "reasonably required" for the effective exercise of the right to vote and to make political choices by the Constitution, the judge said.


The ruling also applies to independent candidates.


Non-profit organization My Vote Counts submitted the application to have PAIA amended Jordan 13 Love Respect For Sale , amid growing reliance by political parties on private donations.


There have been concerns that the secrecy that clouds political party financing could damage democratic processes and lead to a manipulation of public policy positions in favor of certain private funders.


Parliament set up a multiparty special committee in July to look the issue. It has set itself a November deadline to formalize a final bill.


Currently South Africa's political parties are not required to declare sources of their funds or how they use their money.


South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has voiced its support for the regulation of private financing of political parties.


The party said political financing must be transparent in a way that will promote and support democracy.


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